Posts made by Thenomain

@Gingerlily said in Date Thenomain:

@Thenomain because this is a thread about you, what's your take? 3-D movies, yes or no?

Largely no. For the spectacle, sure; Captain Eo was certainly fun nonsense. And Avatar so far is the only movie I've seen in 3D that was produced well for 3D.

Let me expand that Avatar was also well directed, the sound effects were gorgeous, the visual direction was breathtaking, and the acting wasn't half bad either. The script was so cringe inducing that you would have to pay me to see it again.

An extremely award winning director (involved with the French original Beauty & The Beast, perhaps?) once said in an interview that no matter how good the actors, nothing can save a bad script. He directed one such movie to make that point. The interview was on Fresh Aire (Terry Gross specifically), but that's all I remember.

The kind of visual science people who design video cameras, and directors who are at that level, also complain that the glasses dim the light range and few movies, at the time I read this, bothered to adjust for it. It also diminished contrast, which is harder to adjust for. Perhaps we're better with these things now, but I still have to generally say "no" to 3D.

Not a snobby "no", just a "probably not worth it, no".

@ThatOneDude

As @Derp said, there is a way to do it. One of the things that @program does is lock the player into no other input. If you're in the middle of this, you cannot type, say, 'p staff=Hey, question!'

I would be more likely to build via commands, rather than a strict answer/response system. e.g.:

> xp/build Gnosis
What level do you want to buy Gnosis to?
> xp/build 4
If you want to spend certain xp, type 'xp/build <amt> <type>`, else type 'xp/build done'
> xp/build 3 arcane
3 Arcane XP spent. If you want to spend certain xp, type 'xp/build <amt> <type>`, else type 'xp/build done'
> xp/build list
You are currently buying Gnosis 3->4 with 3 Arcane XP and 2 Normal XP - I'm waiting for 'done', 'cancel' or more xp
> xp/build cancel
Okay, I've stopped building your 'Gnosis 3->4' spend
> xp/build done
You don't have a current spend build

(edit: added more informative response from 'xp/build list'; I need to know where I was in my build somehow!)

@ThatOneDude and @Derp: Consider how much typing the player must do, too. Pretty much all of my code can be shortened to the best name-completion possible. e.g.:

xp/sp gno=4

No judgement on the suggestions, but I say this to add to the discussion and possible design considerations.

@SunnyJ said in Straw Poll: XP Spending in nWoD/CoD:

If you WANT a suggestion

I want any and all suggestions. I'm asking for input from the people who might end up typing this monstrosity in.

maybe something like...

xp/spend Prime=4, 8/8

Where the first 8 is for Normal, and the second is for Flavor XP?

Not bad. A lot I could do with this. However, what if someone could use just Arcane XP?

xp/spend prime=4, 0/16

Hello. I'm currently doing a little spring cleaning with older and necessary systems for the Chronicles of Darkness games, although this applies to a few nWoD systems as well.

The Challenge

There are many traits where you can spend "XP" or a kind of "Flavored XP". In Mage, for instance, this is Arcane XP.

Normally, people spending XP only need to do something like this:

xp/spend Arcane=4

And boom, 20 XP deducted and all is well in the land. Except that what if you wanted to spend 8 XP and 12 Arcane XP?

What would you, the reader, want to type?

Right now, the best I have is:

xp/spend Arcane=4, 8 Normal, 12 Arcane

If I can make the 'normal' optional, I will. However, this still isn't wonderfully clear.

The Bribe

"Why should I help?" you may be asking. Well, because you have design thoughts? Because if you play CoD games you will see this? Because you're creative? Nobody has to help, but I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

@Ganymede said in RL Anger:

I only have sex with extremely hot women

Welp, there go my chances.

@Coin said in Date Thenomain:

@Thenomain said in Date Thenomain:

@VulgarKitten said in Date Thenomain:

@Thenomain
There's too much bromance there for me to get in between.

My life is over. I regret everything.

So does your mom.

You are off the list. I can't remember who is actually choosing, but please note that @coin is so off the list.

@Catsmeow said in RL things I love:

Tattoo!!

I got my first one tonight and my sister got one too. This is super huge as we haven't been close for so many years. It was her first one and we got the same thing (but altered colors) and the same location.

Also, the pain wasn't as bad as I thought.

The most important question: Are. They. Cats.

@VulgarKitten said in Date Thenomain:

@Thenomain
There's too much bromance there for me to get in between.

My life is over. I regret everything.

@VulgarKitten said in Date Thenomain:

Well then I'm out. You can't compete with that much @skew ness.

Nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo!

The only real Avatar is the last airbending kind.

@Catsmeow said in Date Thenomain:

Whoa whoa... @Meg is still on the list and ... when did I get put on it?

Tuesday.

@Meg said in Date Thenomain:

@Rook

or is it @VulgarKitten in pizza form. we'll never know. my grammar is so incomprehensible that no one can deduce the meaning of it!

Threatening my @VulgarKitten is a quick way to get off the list, missy!

@Lithium said in Mass Effect: Andromeda: The Thread:

@Thenomain said in Mass Effect: Andromeda: The Thread:

@Lithium

... And? Someone can't be an amazing fighter and still complain about their feet aching, and how they lost money at the track, and, and...

And?

I... have no idea what you're trying to get at with this comment. Honest.

I had no idea what yours was about other than "they can fight well". To be honest, though, I read your comment as being unnecessarily nit picky on the word "sissy" and probably doesn't matter.

Well if @VulgarKitten is throwing her hat in the ring...

@hedgehog said in Date Thenomain:

@Ganymede

I knew that. I figure every Ohioan has passed it at some point in their lives and has an opinion on it.

If I have ever passed Butter Jesus, I don't recall. I know about the corn field statues, but that's because I live near them.

@Lithium

... And? Someone can't be an amazing fighter and still complain about their feet aching, and how they lost money at the track, and, and...

And?

@Lithium

All the Krogan are more nuanced. Tho this kind of makes them seem a bit sissy for Krogan, it's so very nice to see a Warlord who is more than just combatty combat, and enough science that isn't "bombs or nothing" to make a society possible.

@Ganymede

For me it was Jacob Taylor. I almost wanted to leave him with his dad.

@TNP said in Mass Effect: Andromeda: The Thread:

@Thenomain said in Mass Effect: Andromeda: The Thread:

I absolutely love how everyone, I mean everyone hates Liam.

Oh, gods yes. I absolutely hate him. I wanted to kick him off the Tempest more than once.

You know, I cannot think of a Bioware game of the "Knights of the Old Republic" variety (KotOR through ME:A) that didn't have a male character that I didn't want to just throw into a lava pit for being a gigantic whiner.